| Theological Stage | Positive Stage |
| (i) Theological stage is the first stage of Comte’s Law of three stages. | (i) Positive stage is last or third stage of Comte’s law of three stages. |
| (ii) Human thinking, ideas and views were influenced by spiritual and supernatural factors. | (ii) This is an improved rational, scientific form of human thinking. |
| (iii) All societies believed that God controls all events in the world. | (iii) Instead of imagination and superstitious belief, societies turn towards empirical scientific approach. |
| (iv) Example : Natural calamities like flood, drought etc., were the expressions of God’s anger. | (iv) Example : Discoveries of Newton and Galileo, enlightement. |
